RUSSELL — Mason County’s Landen Bowling is finding his groove.
The junior pitcher has gone 25 straight innings without allowing an earned run according to the KHSAA team pages website and provided a near lights out performance on Saturday against Russell in a 2-1 victory for the Royals.
Bowling pitched a complete game, allowing two hits and a run, not earned to go with a walk while striking out 15 batters.
The Red Devils came to Maysville less than two weeks ago and beat the Royals 14-0 in five innings, not allowing a hit. The Royals continued to show their marked improvement from that time going 3-1 to get their record to 6-7.
Mason County jumped out to a 2-0 lead after two innings on Saturday and let Bowling do the rest.
Carson Brammer and Dylan Mitchell each collected an RBI in the first two innings. Russell got a run back in the third but only three runners got on base the rest of the game.
The Red Devils threatened in the bottom of the seventh as the first two batters got on via a hit by pitch and an error, but Bowling struck out the next three batters to end the game.
The Royals three-game winning streak was short lived, however. Rowan County punished the Royals in the second game, 16-0 in three innings to get Mason County to 6-8 on the year.
They’ll return to action on Monday when they play at Fleming County.
LADY ROYALS 2ND AT BOURBON COUNTY INVITATIONAL
The Mason County girls’ finished second at the Bourbon County Track and Field Invitational behind the host Lady Colonels.
Bourbon County scored 111 points to the Lady Royals 97 on the day.
Abi Dawson and Rachel Payne were the lone individual winners on the day for Mason County, Dawson taking home first in the 400 meters in a time of 1:03.54 and Payne winning the 300 hurdles in 51.47. The Lady Royals 4×800 team also took home first place in a time of 10:35.26.
Other top finishers for Mason County were Hayden Faris in fourth in the 800 (2:45.94), Paige Decker second in the 1,600 (5:37.76), Alyssa Bisotti third in the 1,600 (5:47.15) and third in the 3,200 (12:25.29), Payne third in the 100 hurdles (18.36), Sara Brewer second in the high jump (4-06) and Dawson second in the pole vault (9-0). The Lady Royals 4×100 and 4×400 teams also took home second place finishes.
The Royals placed ninth with 27 points. South Oldham took home the boys’ crown with 103 points, topping second place Western Hills with 82 points. Lang Touchton was the top Royals finisher with a second place finish in the shot put (36-11.5). Isaiah Riggs placed fourth in the 3,200 (10:49.05).
Full team results can be found in the local results section.
EKC MEET AT MORGAN COUNTY
The Eastern Kentucky Conference Track and Field meet commenced at Morgan County on Saturday with the Russell boys’ and girls’ taking home first place honors.
The Red Devils topped Boyd County while the Lady Devils edged out Rowan County on the day.
Lewis County’s boys finished sixth while Fleming County’s boys placed eighth in the meet. The Lady Lions were sixth while the Lady Panthers were ninth.
Fleming County got a couple of winners on the day as Erin Pease took home first in both the 100 and 300 meter hurdles. Pease finished the 100 hurdles in a time of 18.10 and the 300 hurdles in 52.93. Hayden Ramey won the 400 meters on the boys side in a time of 54.52.
Lewis County didn’t have any individual winners, but got second place finishes from Kelly McNamara in the discus with a throw of 82-10 and Parker Stone in the discus with a throw of 115-06. The Lewis County girls 4×200 relay team also posted a second place finish.
Full team results can be found in the local results section.
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